Integrating phylogenetic and functional biodiversity facets to guide conservation: a case study using anurans in a global biodiversity hotspot

Autor(es)

Ouchi-Melo, Lilian Sayuri ^{[1, 2]} ; Meynard, Christine N. ^[3] ; Goncalves-Souza, Thiago ^[4] ; Rossa-Feres, Denise de Cerqueira ^[1]

Afiliação do(s) autor(es)

^[1] Univ Estadual Paulista, UNESP, Dept Zool & Bot, Inst Biociencias Letras & Ciencias Exatas Ibilce, Campus Sao Jose do Rio Preto, Sao Paulo - Brazil

^[2] Univ Estadual Paulista, UNESP, Postgrad Course Anim Biol, Campus Sao Jose do Rio Preto, Sao Paulo - Brazil

^[3] Univ Montpellier, Montpellier SupAgro, INRA, CBGP, CIRAD, IRD, Montpellier - France

^[4] Univ Fed Rural Pernambuco, Dept Biol, Area Ecol, Recife, PE - Brazil

• Tipo de documento: Artigo Científico
• Fonte: BIODIVERSITY AND CONSERVATION; v. 27, n. 12, p. 3247-3266, OCT 2018.
• Citações Web of Science: 1

Resumo

The Cerrado is one of the most threatened biomes in Brazil, with little spatial representation within the Protected Area network. Recently, proposed conservation plans worldwide have advocated for the use of multiple biodiversity facets to protect unique evolutionary and functional processes. Our aim was to identify areas with high biodiversity representa-tiveness applying this multifaceted perspective, and propose conservation plans based on the joint analysis of taxonomic, functional and phylogenetic diversity. We used a database of the Brazilian National Program for Research in Biodiversity, which employs a standard protocol for sampling tadpoles. The Cerrado database includes samples from 165 water bodies spread over 15 localities, covering most of the Central Brazilian Cerrado. We selected four morphological traits to calculate functional diversity and used a dated phylogeny available in the literature to compute phylogenetic diversity. Our approach selected five priority areas for conservation, one of which is already protected. Our results highlighted the importance of four new areas which show high values of diversity, including original lineages and traits, and urgently need conservation prioritization. Furthermore, unlike the current protected network, our approach performs significantly better than random at protecting sites with high phylogenetic and functional diversity. We therefore discuss how the multifaceted indices considered can help protect key ecosystem functions and evolutionary legacy in anuran communities of the Brazilian Cerrado. (AU)

• Processo FAPESP: 13/26101-8 - Qual a importância em se integrar diversas métricas de diversidade para a compreensão da estrutura e funcionamento das comunidades de anfíbios em biomas brasileiros?
• Beneficiário: Lilian Sayuri Ouchi de Melo
• Linha de fomento: Bolsas no Brasil - Doutorado
• Processo FAPESP: 10/52321-7 - Girinos de anuros da Mata Atlântica, da Amazônia, do Pantanal, do cerrado e de zonas de transição: caracterização morfológica, distribuição espacial e padrões de diversidade
• Beneficiário: Denise de Cerqueira Rossa-Feres
• Linha de fomento: Auxílio à Pesquisa - Programa BIOTA - Regular